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THE 

TJP-TO-Di^TE 
PKIMER. 


LESSON  I. 


Cat 

Is  this  a  Gat? 


O,  see  tlie  Kat ! 


Men 

Why  do  Men  beg  ? 


Hog 

See  the  fat  Hog. 


Hat 


Get  on  to  the  Hat.        Fill  it  with  Kent. 


>^^K^^ 


The  Cat  will  go  for  the  Rat ! 

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LESSON  11. 

!«      — 

TfL  Here  is  a  man  who  Begs.  Why  does 
lie  not  Work  ?  He  would,  but  he  Can  not  get  a 
Job.    Can  he  not  Go  on  the  Land?    No;  for  a 

Fat  Man  Owns  it,  and  this  is  the 
Hat  he  holds  out  for  Rent.  It  is  a  great 
Scheme.  See  the  Rat.  '~t^lj|  It  does  no  Work, 
but  just  Feeds  on  our  Goods  and  is  a  Pest  we 


would  fain  be  Rid  of.    See  the  Cat. 

Can  the  Cat  run  ?    You  bet.     She  will  Kill  the 


Rat.      Then  we  will  take  the  ||^^v  out  of  the 


the  Fat  Man's  i^ame. 


LESSON  III. 


Pike 

Owns 

Stream 


Or 

Get 

Out 


Perch 

Must 

Pay 

What  is  it  ?  It  is  a  Fish.  It  has  a  Name. 
The  Name  is  Pike.  It  is  a  big  Fish  and  can 
Bite.  See  its  Teeth.  Can  a  Fish  live  on  the 
Land  ?  No,  it  will  die  on  Land.  But  see,  the 
small  Fish  is  on  the  Land.  Will  the  small 
Fish  die?  Yes,  it  will.  Why  does  it  go  on 
Land,  then  ?  The  Pike  drove  it  to  the  Land. 
The  small  Fish  is  a  Perch.  Is  not  the  Pike  a 
bad  Fish  to  do  so  ill  a  deed  ?  It  is,  but  you 
must  not  say  so.  Do  you  not  see  that  the 
Pike  owns  the  Stream,  and  so  has  a  right  to 
get  Rent  for  the  use  of  the  Stream  from  the 
Perch  ?  But  the  Perch  can  not  pay,  and  so  has 
to  get  out.  The  Pike  means  no  ill,  but  Biz  is 
Biz.  But  should  it  be  the  Law  that  a  Pike 
may  own  a  Stream?  Ah,  now  you  have  hit 
it.  No,  it  should  not.  Such  a  law  is  bad — 
for  Perch. 


LESSON  IV. 


Crow 
Owns 
Air 


Jay 

Must 

Work 


Keep 
Crow 
Fat 


See  the  Bird!  It  is  a  Ijiack  Bird,  m  it 
not?  They  call  it  a  Crow.  It  is  a  fat  Crow, 
but  it  does  not  Work.  How,  then,  does  it  keep 
so  Fat  ?  Do  you  not  see  the  Small  Bird  ?  Yes, 
I  see  it.  Well,  that  is  a  Jay.  It  has  to  Work 
and  find  Grub  for  the  Crow,  so  the  Crow  may 
sit  on  the  tree  all  day  and  have  a  Good  Time. 
But  is  not  the  Jay  a  Jay  in  truth  to  do  so? 
So  you  may  think,  but  the  poor  Jay  does  not 
do  this  for  Fun.  Oh,  no!  You  see,  the  Crow 
owns  the  Air,  and  will  not  let  the  Jay  use  it 
but  on  these  Terms :  the  Jay  must  pay  Rent  or 
he  can  not  fly  nor  sit  on  a  Rock,  so  you  see 
the  Fix  he  is  in.  Poor  Jay !  Yes,  he  is  Poor, 
but  the  Crow  is  Fat.  What  a  soft  Snap  the 
Crow  has,  to  be  sure!  It  is  a  Fine  Thing  to 
own  the  Air,  is  it  not? 


LESSON  V. 


Rose  Will    ^  Imp 

In  Not  Owns 

Pot  Live  Light 

What  is  This?  Do  you  not  See  what  it  is? 
No,  it  is  so  Dark  I  can  not  See  what  it  is.  Well, 
I  will  tell  you.  It  is  a  Kose  in  a  Pot.  But  I 
do  not  see  the  Rose  nor  the  Pot ;  it  is  all  Black 
and  Dark.  Quite  so,  my  Dear,  but  do  you  know 
why  it  is  Dark?  No,  I  do  not;  but  a  Rose 
can  not  live  in  the  Dark,  can  it?  No,  it  can 
not.  Thfit  is  just  where  the  Trick  comes  in. 
You  see,  there  is  an  Imp  who  Owns  the  Light, 
and  he  says  the  Rose  must  pay  him  for  its  use 
or  he  will  shut  it  off  and  let  the  Rose  die. 
Well,  the  Rose  can  not  Pay,  and  so  the  Light 
is  shut  off.  That  is  how  it  is  that  you  do  not 
see  the  Rose  when  you  look.  Poor  Rose !  Bad 
Imp !  No,  do  not  say  Bad,  he  Owns  the  Light, 
you  know,  and  that  makes  it  quite  the  Right 
thing.     I  hope  you  see  the  Point. 

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LESSON  VI. 


Poor  Man  Holds 

Slave  Owns  The 

Bows  Him  Whip 

See  the  poor  Slave  and  the  Man  with  the 
Wliip.  Will  he  Hit  the  Slave?  It  would  be 
Just  like  him  to  do  so.  Is  he  not  a  bad  Man 
to  beat  the  poor  Slave  ?  Oh,  no ;  don't  you  see 
he  Owns  the  Slave  and  may  do  with  him  as 
he  will  ?  The  Law  says  a  Man  may  Own  a 
Slave,  and  that  ends  it.  But  it  is  a  bad  law  for 
the  Slave,  is  it  not?  Yes.  It  is  not  nice  to 
be  a  Slave.  You  must  Work,  and  you  get  no 
Wage.  But  the  Slave  gets  his  Keep,  does  he 
not?  Yes,  the  Man  that  owns  him  must  give 
him  Food  and  take  care  of  him.  So  it  is  not 
such  a  bad  Thing,  when  you  come  to  see  it  > 
like  that.  I  know  lots  of  Men  that  would  be 
glad  to  Work  for  their  Keep  right  here  in 
this  Town,  where  Me  don't  have  Slaves  at  all. 
They  would  not  be  so  likely  to  Starve  as  they 
are  now,  though  they  are  Free. 

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LESSON  VII. 


This 

Not 

Slave 


Oh 

Dear 

No 


Man 

Owns 

Land 


Is  this  a  Slave,  too?  No,  we  do  not  call 
this  a  Slave.  The  Law  has  now  set  the  Slave 
free.  But  does  not  the  Man  with  the  Plug 
Hat  own  the  Man  with  the  Bare  Head?  No, 
he  does  not  Own  him.  All  men  are  Born  Free 
in  this  good  Land,  you  know.  Then  why  does 
the  small  Man  kneel  down  to  the  big  Man, 
and  say  he  will  Work  for  him  for  a  Wage  that 
will  just  get  him  a  Bite  to  eat  and  a  Roof  for 
his  Head?  Is  not  that  the  Talk  of  a  Slave? 
It  is  Like  it,  my  dear,  but  he  is  a  Free  Man, 
as  I  have  told  you.  The  big  Man  does  not 
own  Him,  but  he  Owns  the  Land,  and  as  the 
Man  can  not  live  if  he  does  not  Work,  and  as 
he  can  not  work  if  he  has  not  the  Use  of  the 
Land,  he  is  just  like  the  Fish  out  of  the 
Stream,  or  the  Jay  who  must  use  the  Air,  or 
the  Rose  that  needs  the  Light.    See? 

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LESSON  VIII. 


Man  Fruits  Life 

Lost  Of  ^  And 

Bigrht  Toil  r  Land 

How  came  M^n  to  make  such  a  bad  Plan 
as  we  now  have?  I  will  tell  you.  At  first 
the  Land  of  the  World  was  Free  to  All,  and 
each  Man  had  the  Right  to  the  Fruit  of  his 
Toil.  When  there  was  a  War,  the  Side  that 
came  off  Best  brought  home  great  Crowds  of 
their  Foes.  These,  if  not  put  to  Death,  were 
kept  as  Slaves,  as  a  kind  boon.  But  the  Men 
who  held  the  Slaves  had  to  Feed  them,  and 
they  soon  saw  it  was  best  to  Own  the  Land, 
and  so  they  too]  the  Land  and  the  Slave  was 
made  a  Serf.  Then,  as  time  went  on,  the  Wage 
plan  came  to  be,  and  the  Serf  gave  Way  to 
the  Wage  Slave.  As  Bond  Slave,  Serf,  or  Wage 
Slave,  the  Fruits  of  the  Man's  toil  went  to  him 
who  was  the  Boss.  You  see,  the  Rights  Man 
lost  in  the  War  are  still  lost.  The  Boss  still 
Owns  the  Land,  and  we  have  the  Wage  Slave 
with  us  this  day. 

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God 

Made 

Men 


FEB    IS  lw5 
LESSON  IX. 


Each 
Owns 
Self 


May 
Work 


Who  Owns  the  Man  ?  God,  who  made  him, 
Owns  him,  but  he  gives  Man  a  Free  Will. 
Man  has  a  Right  to  Life,  and  to  be  Free,  and 
to  seek  Joy  in  this  world.  So  he  has  a  Right 
to  that  which  he  needs  that  he  may  Live.  He 
must  have  Air  or  he  will  die;  he  must  have 
the  Light  of  the  Sun  or  he  can  not  live,  and 
he  must  have  Food  and  Clothes,  and  a  Roof  for 
his  head.  So  he  must  have  Right  to  use  Land 
or  he  can  have  none  of  these  Things.  Nor  can 
he  be  Free  if  he  must  Pay-  for  the  use  of  the 
things  God  has  made  by  which  he  must  Live; 
and  he  can  not  find  Joy  in  this  life  if  he  is 
not  Free,  or  if  he  must  keep  his  Nose  to  the 
Wheel  of  Toil  from  the  day  he  comes  in  to  the 
World  to  the  day  he  dies.  Man  does  not  live 
just  for  Bread;  he  Needs  a  chance  to  Train  his 
Mind  as  God  meant  he  should. 


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LESSON  X. 


-:         Men  And  Right 

Are  Also  To 

Free  E-qual  Chance 

Are  all  Men  of  the  same  Size?  No,  some 
are  Tall,  some  are  Short ;  some  Fat,  some  Slim. 
Can  they  all  be  made  of  the  same  Size?  By 
no  Means.  Are  they  all  the  same  in  Mind? 
No;  some  are  Smart  and  some  Dull,  nor  can 
they  be  made  the  same  in  mind,  try  how  you 
will.  Then  how  is  it  you  say  all  Men  are  born 
Free  and  E-qual?  Is  it  not  Bosh  to  talk  in 
such  a  way  ?  No,  my  Child,  it  is  not  Bosh,  if 
you  have  due  care  as  to  what  you  Mean  by  the 
Words.  We  mean  by  Free  that  Men  are  born 
with  a  Kight  to  Life,  and  by  E-qual  that  they 
are  born  with  a  Right  to  an  E-qual  Chance  to 
use  those  Things  that  they  need  to  keep  Life 
in  them.  These  Things  are  all  in  the  word 
Land.  The  One- tax  plan  will  make  a  way  for 
Man  to  get  the  use  of  the  Land,  with  no  call 
to  pay  a  Land  Lord,  and  so  it  will  make  Men 
Free  and  E-qual  in  the  right  Sense. 

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LESSON  XL 


Work 

Makes 

Wealth 


Man 
Gets 
Fat 


Though 

Don't 

Toil 


But  look  at  these  Two  !  Are  they  not  both 
Men  ?  They  are.  Yet  one  is  Fat  and  Rich,  and 
one  is  Lean  and  Poor!  How  comes  this?  It 
must  be  that  the  Fat  one  has  a  will  to  Work, 
and  so  by  bis  Toil  on  the  Land  gets  all  the 
Good  Things  he  needs,  while  the  Lean  one  will 
not  Work  and  so  must  needs  Starve  and  go  in 
Rags.  So  it  would  seem,  my  Child ;  but  things 
are  not  as  they  seem.  The  Fat  Man  here  does 
not  Work  at  all,  and  the  Thin  Man  would  fain 
Work  for  his  Food,  but  can  not  get  Work  to  do. 
Is  this  not  Queer  ?  Yes,  it  is  Queer.  But  it 
will  be  Plain  when  I  tell  you  that  the  Fat 
Man  owns  the  Land,  and  lives  on  the  Land 
Rent.  Can  a  Man  own  Land  as  he  may  own 
a  Thing  which  the  hand  of  Man  may  make? 
Yes,  and  that  is  the  Law  we  must  Mend  if  we 
would  Cure  the  Deep  Ills  we  see. 

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LESSON  XII. 


Man 

Owns 

Hat 


Can 

Make 

Same 


CanH 
Make 
Land 


What  is  this  ?  It  is  a  Hat.  Is  it  a  plug 
Hat  ?  No,  it  is  just  a  Hat.  Feel  it,  my  Child, 
for  it  may  be  Felt.  Does  the  Man  own  the 
Hat?  Yes,  it  is  his.  But  how  do  you  know 
it  is  his?  Why  may  a  man  own  a  Hat  if  he 
may  not  own  Land?  Well,  you  see,  Man  may 
make  a  Hat,  or  he  may  buy  one  from  the  Man 
who  has  made  it,  and  pay  him  for  it.  So  when 
he  has  paid  for  it  or  made  it,  it  is  his  Own. 
He  may  then  Wear  it,  or  Hide  it,  or  Burn  it, 
or  Lend  it,  or  Rent  it  out.  If  he  puts  it  out 
of  Use  he  does  no  harm  to  Men,  for  a  new 
Hat  can  be  made  in  its  place.  But  a  Man  can 
not  Make  a  piece  of  Land,  nor  can  he  Buy  it 
from  God  who  made  it,  and  if  he  puts  it  out 
of  Use  he  does  Harm  to  Men,  and  so  he  may 
not  own  Land  in  the  same  way  that  he  owns 
a  Hat. 


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i/ns 


LESSON  XIII. 


May 
Own 
Sheep 


They 

Are 

Bred 


Not 

Like 

Land 


See  the  Sheep.  It  is  a  nice  Fat  Sheep  and 
has  long  Wool.  Does  a  Man  own  the  Sheep  ? 
Yes,  the  Man  that  owns  the  Hat  owns  the 
Sheep  as  well.  But  how  can  he  own  a  Sheep  ? 
He  may  own  a  Hat,  for  he  can  make  it.  But 
he  may  not  own  Land,  which  he  can  not  Make, 
you  say.  Quite  right,  my  Child.  Then  how 
can  he  own  a  Sheep  ? — for  he  can  no  more 
make  Sheep  than  Land.  Yes,  in  a  way  he  can 
make  Sheep.  Sheep  are  Bred  by  Man.  He 
can  so  deal  with  them  as  to  have  more  Sheep 
than  now.  He  can,  if  he  see  fit,  Wipe  out  all 
Sheep,  so  there  would  be  not  One  left,  but  he 
can  not  make  the  Land  more  or  less  than  God 
made  it.  And  so  the  Sheep  is  not  like  Land, 
but  it  is  a  Thing  which  Man  may  own,  as  is 
the  Ox,  the  Horse,  the  Pig,  and  all  the  Beasts 
we  see  in  the  World. 


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World 

Goods 

Grows 

Price 

Full 

Falls 

LESSON   XIV. 

Land 

Gets 

High 

Here  you  see  a  Sheep  and  a  Hat  on  one 
Side,  and  a  Lot  of  Land  next  to  them.  The 
Worth  of  such  things  as  Sheep  or  Hats  is  a 
Worth  of  what  we  call  Trade,  and  is  High  or 
Low  as  it  Costs  more  or  less  to  make  or  breed 
such  things.  As  Man  finds  out  new  Ways  to 
save  Toil,  or  as  the  Crowd  grows,  such  things 
grow  more  Cheap,  for  they  may  be  made  or 
bred  with  more  ease,  and  there  is  more  Sale 
for  them.  But  the  Worth  of  Land  is  a  Worth 
not  of  Trade  but  of  "  Take,"  and  is  high  or  low 
as  more  or  less  Land  may  be  thus  got  and 
held.  And  so  it  comes  that  the  Worth  of 
Land  goes  up  just  as  the  Crowd  grows  big,  for 
there  is  Just  so  much  Land  in  the  World  and 
no  more.  So  a  tax  on  Goods,  as  it  must  be 
paid  by  those  who  use  the  Goods,  adds  to  the 
Price,  but  a  tax  on  Land  tends  to  make  Land 
cheap. 

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LESSON  XV. 


Man 
May 


Earth 

But 

Must 


Pay 

Ijand 
Rent 


There  is  but  One  way  by  which  a  Man 
may  be  Just  to  the  Race  of  Men  and  yet  own 
a  bit  of  the  Earth  or  the  Whole  of  it.  What 
is  that?  It  is  that  he  shall  give  a  Fair  Price 
to  the  Whole  Race,  for  whom  God  made  it. 
But  what  is  a  Fair  Price?  Not  a  Lump  sum 
paid  to  any  One  Man,  for  that  does  the  Rest 
no  good.  Not  a  Lump  sum  paid  to  the  State, 
for  though  that  is  Fair  to  all  who  now  Live,  it 
does  no  good  to  the  Race  soon  to  be  born  in 
the  World,  and  whose  Rights  are  as  good  as  our 
own.  What,  then,  is  a  fair  Price  ?  The  Ground 
Rent,  to  be  paid  each  Year  in  to  the  State  Till. 
That  is  Just,  both  to  these  who  now  Live,  and 
those  yet  to  be  Born ;  and  it  is  Just,  too,  to  the 
Man  who  wants  to  own  the  Land.  So,  you  see, 
the  One-tax  plan  would  be  Just  all  round. 

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fOP*.  JAut 


*•< 


LESSON  XYI. 


Land  By  Out 

Rent  '       God's  Of 

Springs  Law  Ground 

Was  Man  made  to  live  a  Lone  life  ?  No; 
God  meant  Men  to  live  in  the  Town  and  each 
to  love  and  help  the  Eest.  But  when  Men  come 
to  live  in  a  Crowd  they  need  a  Purse  or  Till, 
out  of  which  to  Pay  for  the  Things  they  need 
for  the  use  of  All,  such  as  Lights,  Streets,  Cops, 
Schools,  and  so  on.  Did  God  think  of  this  when 
He  made  Man  ?  Yes,  my  Child.  So  He  made  a 
great  Law.  It  Works  in  this  way :  When  Men 
come  in  a  Crowd — such  as  a  Town — the  Land, 
which  had  no  worth  ere  they  came,  gets  to  be 
worth  so  much  per  Foot.  Why?  It  is  worth 
80  much  for  the  Chance  to  do  biz  there.  If  the 
Crowd  goes  off,  this  Worth  goes  with  them. 
It  is  what  we  call  Ground  Rent.  Th^s  Fund 
God  meant  for  the  Town  Till. 


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LESSON  XVII. 


Wage 
For  . 
Work 


Gold 

For 

Bent 


No 

More 

Sweat 


Here  is  a  Man  at  work  on  the  Land.  See 
the  beads  of  Sweat  on  his  Brow.  He  earns 
his  Bread,  and  it  is  Sweet  to  hina.  It  is  a 
fair  Wage  for  his  Work.  This  is  the  Law  as 
God  has  made  it :  No  Toil,  no  Bread ;  much  Toil, 
much  Bread.  But  see  the  Man  next  to  him. 
He  has  a  big  Bag  and  it  is  full  of  Gold,  but  he 
does  not  Work  at  all.  And,  bless  my  Heart, 
Child,  look  !  it  is  the  Same  Man !  He  has  quit 
Work.  What  does  this  Mean  ?  How  does  he  get 
more  Gold  now,  though  he  does  no  Work,  than 
he  got  when  he  did  hard  Toil  ?  Why,  you  see, 
he  got  a  Deed  of  the  Land  he  used  to  work  on, 
and  a  Town  is  now  built  on  that  Land,  so  now 
he  lives  on  the  Gold  which  the  Folks  of  that 
Town  have  to  put  in  his  Bag  each  Year  in  the 
form  of  Land  Rent.  For  what  ?  For  the  Right 
to  Live,  which  he  is  so  Kind  as  to  give  them. 


Ls — iMfiiiif  ef  J  1 1 


LESSON  XVIIL 


One 
Tax 
Plan 


Now 

In 

Use 


For 

House 

Rent 


See  the  big  House.  Does  the  Man  own 
it?  Yes.  Does  he  want  to  make  the  Most 
out  of  it  he  can  with  the  least  Loss?  That  is 
just  it,  my  Child.  Then  what  is  his  Plan  ?  It  is 
a  Plan  of  Good  Sense  and  marks  a  Wise  Man. 
It  is  what  I  may  call  the  One-tax  Plan.  What 
do  you  Mean?  He  makes  those  who  Use  the 
House  pay  for  it  just  by  the  Size  and  Kind  of 
Room  they  rent,  so  much  per  Year.  Now,  he 
might  get  his  Gain  out  of  it  in  more  Ways. 
He  might  make  Folks  pay  who  go  in  or  out; 
he  might  Lease  the  Hoist  to  a  Man,  and  let 
him  charge  Fare  up  and  down;  he  might  put 
a  Tax  on  the  Gas  used  in  each  room,  and  he 
might  Charge  for  all  Goods  brought  in  or  sent 
out,  and  so  much  per  cent,  on  the  Trade  done 
by  each  Man  in  the  place.  But,  you  see,  his 
One-tax  Plan  is  the  best. 


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LESSON  XIX. 


Why 

Not 

State 


Have 

This 
Plan 


For 
The 
i.?mcl 


What  are  these  Men  ?  They  wear  Bands  on 
their  Hats.  Yes.  I  will  tell  you  Why.  Their 
work  is  to  rake  in  the  Fund  which  the  State 
takes  in  the  form  of  Tax.  Does  the  Plan  of 
the  State  show  the  Good  Sense  of  that  of  the 
Man  who  owns  the  big  House?  No,  the  State 
does  not  just  put  a  Tax  on  each  Man's  Land  for 
what  it  may  be  Worth,  as  he  does  with  each 
Man's  space  in  the  House.  It  does  what  that 
wise  Man  might  try  to  do,  as  I  have  said,  if 
he  were  not  Wise.  It  lets  slick  Chaps  own  and 
run  its  Hoists  (rail  roads)  for  their  own  Gain; 
it  tries  to  Tax  the  Trade  each  Man  does  in  his 
own  Store,  or  what  he  earns  by  Toil;  it  puts 
a  Tax  on  what  comes  in  at  the  Ports,  and  on 
some  Things  that  go  out.  It  is  a  Plan  that 
Costs  Much  and  is  not  Just  or  Fair. 


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LESSON  XX. 


Milk 

Keeps 

Calf 


Bent 

For 

State 


Just 

Same 

Law 


*  Oh,  see  the  Cow,  and  the  nice  wee  Calf 
Does  the  Calf  call  the  Cow  ma  ?  Yes,  and  the 
Cow  loves  the  Calf.  The  Calf  lives  on  Milk, 
which  it  draws  from  the  Cow.  In  this  we  see 
the  greaft  Law  of  God  once  more.  When  a 
Calf  is  born  it  needs  Milk  for  Food  that  it  may- 
Live  and  Thrive,  and  so  in  each  case  the  Cow 
has  Milk  for  it.  If  the  Milk  were  kept  from 
the  Calf,  and  it  were  fed  on  Hay  and  Roots,  it 
would  be  like  to  Starve,  for  Milk  is  its  right 
Food.  Now,  just  as  the  Cow  brings  forth  Milk 
for  the  use  of  the  Calf,  so  does  the  Land  bring 
forth  a  Fund  for  the  use  of  the  State.  The 
Milk  for  the  State  we  call  Ground  Rent.  It 
is  a  Fund  from  which  the  State  could  draw  all 
it  Needs  to  serve  all  its  Just  Ends,  just  as  the 
Calf  will  thrive  on  the  Milk  of  the  Cow. 


84 


LESSON  XXI. 


Goat 
Owns 
Cow 


Takes 

The 

Milk 


Like 
Land 
Lords 


But  see !  What  is  this  ?  It  is  a  Goat !  Is 
it  a  Calf?  No,  it  is  a  Goat.  But  why  is  it 
Here,  and  what  does  it  Mean  to  do  ?  Just 
what  you  See  it  do  now.  The  Calf  is  Tied, 
you  see,  and  the  Goat  sucks  the  Cow's  Milk. 
Goats  are  fond  of  Milk,  and  this  Goat  has 
quite  a  Snap.  Is  this  Right?  Well — yes,  I 
Guess  it  is,  for  the  Goat  "  Owns"  the  Cow,  and 
it  is  a  Queer  Thing  if  it  can  not  take  the  Milk. 
But  what  of  the  Calf?  Oh,  the  Goat  "Bought" 
the  Cow,  you  know,  by  Leave  of  the  Calf— - 
which  is  a  Beast  of  Small  Sense — and  now,  while 
the  Goat  takes  the  Milk  for  its  own  Use,  the 
Calf  has  to  be  Fed  on  Things  that  do  not  Suit 
it  as  well  as  the  Milk  would  do.  Just  in  this 
way  the  State  (which  is  a  Calf)  lets  Land 
Lords  own  the  Land  and  Feed  on  the  Rent, 
while  it  has  to  do  the  Best  it  can  to  keep  Life 
in  it  by  a  Tax  on  Goods,  and  Toil,  and  so  foHh. 

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LESSON  XXII. 


Toil 

Must 

Tlius 

Digs 

Have 

Makes 

Pick 

Land 

Wealth 

What  m  this  ?  It  is  a  Man  at  Work  with 
a  Pick.  Does  he  Dig?  Yes,  he  Digs  in  the 
Land.  What  is  his  Name?  We  call  him  Toil. 
Will  he  Dig  all  Day?  No,  he  will  Dig  but 
part  of  the  Day,  and  then  he  will  Eest.  He 
can  make  as  Much  in  that  Time  as  he  Needs  for 
his  Keep,  and  then  he  will  Read  so  as  to  Feed 
his  Mind,  and  Play  that  he  may  have  Health. 
You  say  he  can  "Make  as  Much  as  he  Needs." 
What  is  it  he  Makes?  >  We  call  it  Wealth. 
This  Word  just  Means  all  that  is  got  by  Toil. 
But  could  Toil  get  any  Wealth  if  he  were 
with  his  Pick  out  on  the  Sea  or  up  in  the 
Air?  No,  he  must  be  on  the  Land.  Toil  and 
Land  are  the  two  Things  by  which  all  Wealth 
is  Got,  and  there  is  no  other  Way  to  get 
Wealth  in  all  the  World.  There  is  not  a  Thing 
that  Man  has,  or  that  he  can  have,  but  what 
comes  from  Land  and  Toil. 

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LESSON  XXIII. 


Man 

Thus 

His 

Brings 

Helps 

Good 

Oxen 

Toil 

Friend 

But  what  do  you  Call  this?  It  is  a  Plow 
and  Oxen.  Does  the  Man  own  the  Plow  and 
Oxen?  Yes.  What  does  he  Mean  to  do  with 
them?  He  is  on  his  Way  to  where  Toil  is  at 
work.  He  means  to  give  Toil  the  Use  of  the 
Plow  and  Oxen  in  his  work  on  the  Land.  Is 
he  not  a  good,  kind  Man?  He  is,  and  he  is  a 
firm  Friend  of  Toil.  What  is  the  good  Man's 
name?  You  may  read  it  on  his  Ox.  By  the 
'ise  of  the  Plow  in  place  of  the  Pick,  you  see, 
he  will  aid  Toil  to  do  much  more,  and  so  get 
much  more  of  a  Crop,  and  this  he  will,  of  course. 
Share  with  his  good  Friend,  as  is  but  Just,  since 
by  the  Help  he  gave  so  much  more  Work  was 
done  in  the  same  Time.  Is  it  Eight  that  he 
should  have  this  Share?  I  think  it  is,  my  Child. 
I  know  some  try  to  make  out  that  he  is  the  Foe 
of  Toil,  but  it  is  not  like  a  Foe  to  Help  one, 
is  it?     He  and  Toil  are  Friends. 

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LESSON  XXIV. 


Toil 

Now 

Worm 

And 

Quite 

Eats 

Friend 

Mad 

Fruit 

Who  are  these  two  Men,  and  why  do  they 
Dance  and  Tear  as  if  they  were  Mad?  They 
are  Toil  and  his  Friend.  They  have  done  the 
Work,  and  now  they  are  mad  at  the  Worm 
which  eats  the  Fruit.  You  see  the  Fruit  is 
Wealth — that  is,  what  was  got  by  the  Joint 
Work  of  the  Two  on  the  Land.  The  Fruit  is 
to  be  cut  in  two  Parts,  one  for  Toil,  which  we 
call  his  Wage,  and  one  for  his  Friend,  which 
we  call  In-ter-est.  Is  it  Strange  that  they  are 
Mad  at  the  Worm,  which  means  to  Eat  up  most 
of  the  Fruit?  Did  the  Worm  help  them  to 
get  this  Fruit  of  Work?  No;  but  the  Worm 
owns  the  Land  out  of  which  they  have  to  get 
all  the  Wealth  that  can  be  got,  and  so  it  Claims 
its  share  in  the  form  of  Rent.  But  the  Worm 
does  no  Work.  It's  Plan  is  to  let  them  Work, 
and  then  take  Toll. 

88 


LESSON  XXV. 


Coats 

For 

Boots 


Fair 

Square 

Trade 


Both 

Make 

Gain 


See  the  Man  with  the  Coat.  Did  he  make 
the  Coat?  Yes,  he  did.  It  is  his  Forte  to 
make  Coats.  And  see  the  Man  with  the  Boots. 
He  made  the  Boots,  and  he  gives  all  his  Time 
to  that  Line  of  work.  What  do  the  Men  mean 
to  do  now?  They  have  come  to  Trade.  The 
Coat  Man  wants  Boots,  and  the  Boot  Man 
wants  a  Coat,  so  when  they  Trade  their  Goods 
both  will  Gain  by  it.  They  give  Goods  for 
Goods  or  Work  for  Work.  And  then  they  ^o 
and  make  like  Trade  with  the  Men  who  make 
Bread,  and  Hats,  and  Shirts,  and  Stoves,  and  all 
things  else  that  they  Need.  But  they  do  not 
Have  to  do  it  just  in  this  Way.  They  sell  their 
Boots  and  Coats  for  Coin  of  the  State,  and 
with  this  Coin  they  buy  what  they  Need.  But, 
of  course,  the  Coin  stands  for  Work  that  has 
been  done. 


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^ 


LESSON  XXVI. 


Land  Coats  But 

Lord  And  Gives 

Gets  Boots  Nought 

Here  we  have  the  same  two  Men  once  more. 
And  a  Fat  Man  is  with  them.  Each  gives  him 
Goods.  One  gives  him  a  Coat,  which  he  has 
Made,  and  one  gives  him  a  Pair  of  Boots.  This 
is  a  fair  Trade,  too,  is  it  Not?  Does  the  Fat 
man  give  Goods  ?  No,  I  do  not  see  that  he  Does. 
He  holds  no  goods  in  his  Hands.  He  has  them 
spread  as  if  to  Get  and  not  to  Give.  Then  why 
do  the  Men  give  him  their  Goods?  Ah!  he 
gives  them  Coin,  that  is  it?  No,  he  does  Not. 
He  has  not  Paid  them  a  Cent  for  these  Things, 
Then  I  give  it  up.  It  is  quite  plain,  my  Child. 
He  owns  the  Land,  and  he  just  gives  them 
Leave  to  make  Coats  and  Boots  on  it.  That 
is  all  he  gives.  Is  he  not  Good?  He  owns 
a  Lot  in  the  Town  on  which  they  have  their 
Shops. 

30 


LESSON  XXVIL 


Man  Folks  Have 

O^iis  Want  To 

Spring  Drink  Pay 

But  if  that  Fat  Man  owns  the  Land,  should 
we  not  Praise  him  that  he  lets  the  Men  who 
make  Coats  and  Shoes  live  on  it,  so  they  may 
Work,  and  should  they  not  be  Glad  to  Pay  him 
for  its  Use  ?  Yes,  they  should,  If  he  does  "Own" 
it.  But  that  is  the  Point.  The  Law  lets  him 
Own  it,  but  did  God  mean  Land  to  be  so  dealt 
with?  See  the  Cut  up  at  the  top  of  this  Page. 
Is  it  not  the  Same  sort  of  Thing  ?  Here  is  a 
Man  who  owns  a  Pool  in  the  wide,  hot  Plain, 
and  he  has  a  barb  wire  Fence  round  it.  The 
poor  Folks  are  Dry  and  Faint  with  their  Long 
March,  and  come  to  the  Pool  to  Drink.  They 
must  Drink  o  Die.  But  he  will  not  let  them 
Drink  if  they  do  not  give  him  a  great  Share 
of  the  Goods  they  have  brought  so  far,  or  a  lot 
of  Gold.  Is  he  not  just  like  the  man  who 
owns  Land  so  as  to  live  on  Kent  ? 


31 


LESSON  XXVIII. 


Want 

The 

Earth 


You 
May 
Own 


^ 

By 
Law 


Here  is  the  World.  It  is  a  big  Ball,  is  it 
not  ?  Yes,  it  is  Big.  Do  you  Want  the  Earth  ? 
Yes,  but  may  I  Have  it?  So  far  as  the  Law 
goes.  Yes,  you  May.  The  Law,  you  know,  lets 
you  "  Own  "  a  Lot.  If  you  may  thus  own  One 
Lot,  you  may  own  Two,  and  if  Two  then  Ten, 
and  the  Law  Draws  no  Line  to  say  where  the 
Thing  must  End.  You  may  Own  the  whole 
Globe,  so  far  as  the  Law  goes.  And  Oh,  what 
a  heap  of  Rent  you  could  get  if  you  did  own 
it!  All  Men  would  have  to  Pay  you  or  Get 
Off  your  Land.  They  would  have  no  Right  to 
Live  but  by  your  Will,  though  God  gave  them 
the  Right  to  Life.  We  want  to  Mend  this  Law, 
so  that  no  Man  shall  Own  Land  who  does  not 
Pay  each  Year  its  Fair  Worth  as  bare  Land 
to  the  Till  of  the  State. 


32 


God 

Man 

Made 

Must 

Land 

Use 

LESSON  XXIX. 

Not 
For 
Spec. 

If  a  Man  may  not  Own  Land,  how  is  he 
to  Live,  since  all  he  Needs  for  his  Life  is  got 
out  of  Land?  A  Man  does  not  Need  to  Own 
Land;  it  will  Serve  all  his  Ends  quite  well  if 
he  may  have  the  safe  Use  of  Land,  and  be  left 
in  Peace  with  no  Fear  that  any  shall  come  to 
Turn  him  Off.  To  Own  Land  and  to  Use  Land 
are  by  no  means  the  same  Tiling.  Do  you  see 
the  Dog  in  the  Cut  ?  Well,  he  Owns  the  Hay, 
to  make  Gain  out  of  it.  And  the  Ox  wants 
to  Use  the  Hay.  Now,  just  as  Hay  was  Meant 
to  be  Used  by  Oxen  and  not  to  be  Held  by 
Dogs,  so  Land  was  made  to  be  Used  by  Men 
and  not  Held  by  Drones.  Now,  if  the  Rent  of 
the  Land  is  put  in  the  State  Till,  then  no  one 
would  Hold  Land  who  did  not  mean  to  Use  it. 
There  would  be  no  Spec,  in  it  as  there  is  now„ 

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^<c 


LESSON  XXX. 


Not 

But 

Would 

The 

It8 

We 

Land 

Worth 

Tax 

Do  you  see  this  Man?  He  does  not  Look 
as  if  he  were  Rich,  does  he  ?  And  you  can  see 
that  he  Works  hard.  Yet  this  Man  owns  a  big 
piece  of  Land.  He  owns  a  Farm  ;  a  great,  wide 
Farm.  And  now  \qoV  at  the  Man  with  the 
Plug  Hat.  You  can  see  he  is  a  Rich  Man  by 
his  Style,  and  his  Hands  f-re  Soft  and  White. 
He  does  no  Work  to  Speak  of.  Yet  the  Land 
he  owns  is  but  a  Small  Lot.  Now,  does  it  Look 
as  though  to  own  Land  was  the  sure  Way  to 
get  Rich  ?  Ah,  I  see  your  Point.  It  is  not  the 
Land  that  Tells  the  Tale,  but  the  Worth  of  the 
Land — its  Worth  in  Rent  each  Year.  The  Town 
Lot  which  the  Rich  Man  owns  is  Small,  but  its 
Rent  each  year  is  Ten  Times  that  of  the  Big 
Farm.  It  is  the  Rent  that  we  w^ould  Tax,  not 
the  Space,  and  this  Town  Man  would  pay  Ten 
Times  more  than  the  Farm  Man, 


34 


LE8SON  XXXI. 


How  Of  Help 

Would  One  Farm 

Plan  Tax  Man 

Here  is  the  Man  who  Works  that  Farm. 
He  comes  to  us  and  sayn,  "Yes,  I  am  Poor;  1 
can  but  make  Ends  meet  these  Days  if  my 
Health  is  good  and  my  Crops  fair.  Now,  how 
would  this  One-tax  plan  of  a  Tax  on  Land 
Rent  help  me?"  We  will  Tell  him.  It  would 
help  You  this  way :  the  Tax  on  your  Farm 
would  not  be  High,  for  the  Rent  of  your  Land 
each  Year  is  not  a  great  Sum.  You  pay  that 
out  of  what  you  Earn,  and  then  you  keep 
the  Rest.  The  Tax  on  your  Barn,  House,  and 
so  on,  is  Gone.  Store  goods  would  be  Low, 
for  there  would  be  Free  Trade,  and  you  could 
Sell  your  Grain  for  at  least  as  Good  a  Price 
as  you  now  get.  The  Tax  wt'ight  would  fall 
on  the  Town  Lots  which  are  of  High  Worth, 
where  it  Ought  to  fall.  You  would  Gain  in 
this,  that  you  would  be  Free  of  much  Tax 
weight  you  now  Bear. 

86 


LESSON  XXXII. 


Help 

And 

Squelch 

Toil 

His 

Land 

Much 

Friend 

Lord 

Here  we  have  Three  Men,  and  one  of  them 
is  Hurt.  He  is,  in  fact,  Laid  out  Flat,  for  a 
big  Stone  is  on  him.  Yes,  it  fell  on  Him  and 
he  is  No  More.  You  see  his  Name  on  his 
Hat.  That  is  how  the  One  Tax  would  Work.  It 
would  Squelch  the  Man  who  just  Lives  on  Land 
Rent.  But  it  would  not  Hurt  the  two  Men 
who  now  Dance  with  Glee,  as  you  see.  Their 
Names  are  on  them,  too.  They  Hold  land  but 
to  Use  it,  and  when  they  Pay  the  State  for  its 
Use,  they  Keep  all  they  Earn;  no  part  of  it 
has  to  go  for  a  Tax  of  any  Sort.  What  they 
make  is  their  Own ;  but  the  Land  is  the 
State's,  and  it  is  Right  they  should  Pay  for 
its  Use.  Do  not  cry  for  the  Man  that  is 
Down.  The  Man  who  Just  Lives  on  Rent  is 
of  no  more  use  to  the  World  than  the  Flea  or 
Bed  Bug. 

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"Hunt 


LESSON  XXXIII. 


Three 

This 

Would 

In 

Tax 

Help 

One 

Plan 

Two 

But  what  Man  is  this  ?  This  is  the  Plain 
Man  we  meet  Day  by  Day,  like  You  or  Me. 
He  Works  with  Head  or  Hand,  and  so  he  is  a 
La-bor-er ;  he  has  put  Cash  in  some  Line  of 
Trade,  and  so  we  Call  him  a  Cap-i-tal-ist ;  and 
he  Holds  Land  as  well,  and  thus  is  a  Land 
Lord.  Thus  you  see  he  is  a  Three-in-one  Man. 
Most  of  us  in  this  Day  are  such,  and  so  it  is 
Well  to  Know  that  the  One  Tax  on  Land 
Rent  would  Help  and  Aid  us  in  Two  of  our 
Three  Parts,  much  more  than  it  would  Hurt 
us  in  the  Third.  It  would  be  a  great  Good 
to  All  who  Work  with  theii*  Hands,  Heads, 
or  Means,  for  it  would  let  them  Keep  all  they 
Earn,  which  they  may  Not  do  as  the  Law  now 
is,  but  it  would  be  Sure  Death  to  the  Man 
who  does  No  Work,  but  just  Lives  on  the  Toil 
of  those  who  do. 


87 


LESSON  XXXIV. 


Cop 

Steals 

Tax 

With 

For 

On 

Club 

State 

Goods 

See  the  Cop  with  the  Club  !  What  is  he  at  ? 
He  is  at  his  right  Work.  What!  Is  it,  then, 
his  Work  to  Rob  this  Man  of  the  Bread  he 
has  made?  A  Part  of  it — Yes.  The  Man  who 
makes  Bread  has  to  give  up  some  Loaves  each 
year  to  the  State  in  the  shape  of  Tax,  just  as 
the  Man  who  makes  Shoes,  and  he  who  makes 
Coats,  and  so  on,  have  each  got  to  Give  Up 
some  of  the  Things  they  have  Made.  The  Cop 
stands  for  the  Law  that  takes  these  Goods. 
But  why  does  the  Cop  have  to  do  so?  For 
this  cause:  As  you  see  in  the  Cut,  the  Land 
Lord  has  Gone  Off  with  the  Fund  from  Land 
Rent  which  would  have  been  all  the  State 
needs;  and  now  the  Law  must  send  the  Cop 
to  Rob  in  this  Way  to  make  up  for  the  Loss 
of  the  Fund.     Is  it  not  a  Queer  way  to  do? 

38 


Li:  SON  XXXV. 


Load 

Make 

Land 

Poor 

Up 

Lord 

Toll 

Fund 

Takes 

Who  is  this  Man  with  the  great  Load  on 
his  Back?  That  is  Toil.  This  means  that  the 
Plan  of  the  State  now  is  to  put  the  Tax  Load 
on  those  who  Work,  and  the  Things  they  make 
by  their  Work.  Some  of  this  Tax  is  Straight, 
and  you  See  and  Know  how  much  it  is;  and 
Some  of  it  is  Put  On  in  a  Shnpe  that  you  can 
not  well  See  and  Count.  But  why  does  the 
State  pile  the  Tax  on  Toil  when  there  is  a 
Fund  which  Springs  out  of  the  Land  ?  See,  it 
goes  in  to  the  Fat  Man's  Hat,  though  he  does 
not  Work.  Is  not  this  what  God  meant  as  a 
Fund  to  help  the  State?  It  is,  but  Man  is  so 
Wise,  he  thinks  he  Knows  more  than  God,  so  he 
lets  that  Fund  go  to  the  Man  who  Owns  the 
Earth,  and  in  its  Stead  he  Piles  the  Tax  on  to 
poor  Toil.  But  the  State  is  a  Firm  Friend 
of  Toil,  is  it  not  i    Oh,  yes.     As  you  will  See. 


LESSON  XXXVI. 


State 
High 
Wall 


Keeps 

Out 

Goods 


Lets 

In 

Men 


What  is  this  ?  It  is  a  High  Wall.  It  is 
built  by  the  Wise  State  all  round  the  Bounds 
of  the  Land  to  Keep  Out  Cheap  Goods  that 
Foes  might  want  to  Send  in.  But  if  the  Wall 
keeps  out  Cheap  Goods,  the  like  Goods  our 
own  Men  make  will  be  Dear,  will  they  not  ?  Yes, 
they  May,  but  you  see  we  will  Keep  our  Cash 
in  our  own  Land,  so  we  can  Buy  even  if  they 
are  Dear.  And  more,  they  will  not  be  Dear 
long,  for  lots  of  Works  will  be  set  up,  and  the 
Price  will  soon  Fall  to  a  Fair  Rate.  And  poor 
Toil  will  soon  get  Rich,  will  he  not?  So  they 
Say.  But  see!  there  is  a  Hole  in  the  Wall, 
and  All  who  Please  may  come  in  to  Beat  down 
Toil  in  his  Wage.  Toil  must  buy  Dear  Goods, 
but  Work  for  a  Cheap  Wage.  That  is  what 
it  Means,  but  Toil  Votes  for  the  Wall! 

40 


FEB    18  li  .^ 


LESSON  xxxsm^ 


Tj^Zr^^ 


,*■-'• 


Pools 

And 

Trusts 


Their 
Long: 
Heads 


Dupes 

Get 

Left 


But  do  you  See  these  Men  all  Bound  by 
a  Rope?  Yes,  I  see  them.  Did  the  State  Tie 
them  this  way?  No,  they  did  it  out  of  their 
own  Long  Heads.  It  is  what  they  call  a  Pool 
or  a  Trust.  You  see,  when  a  Lot  of  Works 
start  up  in  a  Land  that  has  a  Wall  round  it, 
and  they  all  make  Goods  of  the  Same  Kind, 
the  Land  is  soon  Full  and  Down  goes  the  Price. 
So  they  all  go  in  to  a  Trust.  They  Join  Hand 
in  Hand  as  it  were,  and  Put  Down  the  Wage 
of  Those  who  Work  for  them,  and  cut  off  the 
Flew  of  Goods,  and  keep  up  the  Price.  It  is 
a  \jrreat  Scheme,  is  it  not?  It  is.  And  that  is 
where  poor  Toil  and  his  Mates  are  made  Dupes 
and  get  Left,  though  they  Vote  to  Build  the 
Wall.  Toil  and  his  Like  are  Geese  that  the 
Men  with  Long  Heads  pluck. 

41 


// 


LESSON  XXXVIII. 


Too 

Such 

Yet 

Much 

Bad 

Folks 

Goods 

Fix 

Starve 

This  Man  has  a  Great  Store  of  Goods,  has 
lie  not?  Yes,  far  More  than  he  Likes  to  have. 
He  is  one  of  the  Trust  Men,  and  he  would  like 
to  Sell  his  Goods,  but  can  not  do  so,  for  the 
Land  is  Full.  Then  why  does  he  not  Send 
them  off  in  boats  to  Strange  Lands  and  Sell 
them?  He  would  be  Glad  to  do  so,  but  he 
can  Not,  They  are  too  Dear,  as  the  Things 
they  are  made  of  have  to  Pay  a  High  Tax  to 
Pass  in  through  the  Wall.  And  then,  if  he  Sold 
them  in  a  far  Land,  he  would  have  to  take 
Goods  of  that  Land  for  his  Pay,  and  then  when 
he  brought  those  Goods  home  he  would  have 
to  pay  a  High  Tax  on  them.  So  you  see  he 
is  in  a  Bad  Fix.  And  wliile  he  Weeps  that  he 
has  all  these  Goods  piled  up  which  he  can  not 
Sell,  the  Poor  cry  out  for  such  Goods  but  can 
not  Buy  them,  and  are  like-ly  to  Starve. 

42 


LESSON  XXXIX. 


Soup 

But 

Right 

Is 

We 

To 

Good 

Want 

Work 

"The  Poor  ye  have  With  You  all  the 
Time,"  said  the  Lord,  and  Some  seem  to  Think 
it  would  not  be  Right  to  fix  our  Laws  so 
that  no  Man  need  Beg  who  is  fit  to  Work 
and  Wills  to  do  so.  And  so  those  who  Think 
this  will  lend  no  Hand  to  Mend  the  state  of 
Things  which  we  now  have,  by  which  some 
grow  Rich  who  Toil  not  nor  Spin,  and  some 
are  like  to  Die  though  they  would  Fain  get 
Work  to  do.  But  such  folks  have  Kind 
Hearts,  of  course,  and  they  do  not  Fail  to  give 
Alms  to  the  Poor,  so  that  they  may  be  Kept 
in  Life.  They  will  give  of  their  Means  that 
the  Poor  may  have  Soup,  and  they  will  send 
them  Coal  when  it  is  cold.  This  is  all  Well, 
but  it  Falls  Short.  Let  the  Law  be  Just.  We 
do  not  ask  a  Dole,  say  the  Poor ;  we  ask,  as  a 
Right,  that  we  may  Work,  and  to  that  end  may 
go  on  to  the  Land  ^vhich  God  made  for  All  Men. 

43 


LESSON  XL. 


Pull  So  Make 

Down  Far  Rents 

Wall  Good  High 

See  these  Men.  They  Smash  the  Wall ! 
That  is  Well.  They  know  that  Alms  will  not 
Cure  the  Case  of  the  Poor  if  kept  up  to  the  end 
of  Time,  but  will  in  fact  make  Bad  Worse.  So 
these  Men  say,  We  must  make  the  Law  more 
Just  to  All.  But  they  do  not  Mean  the  Land 
Law;  they  are  quite  in  the  Dark  as  to  the 
True  Cause  of  the  111.  They  say,  Let  us  have 
Free  Trade.  We  must  not  Tax  all  for  the  sole 
Good  of  the  Few.  Let  us  have  Free  Trade — 
that  will  make  things  Hum.  So  they  go  to 
Work  to  tear  down  the  Wall  that  was  built 
to  keep  out  cheap  Goods.  This  is  all  right. 
But  when  it  is  Done,  and  great  Crowds  pour 
in,  and  things  do  "  Hum,"  it  will  just  put  up 
the  Rent  of  Land,  which  goes  to  the  Purse  of 
the  Land  Lord,  and  in  the  End  things  will  be 
just  in  the  Same  State  with  those  who  Work. 

44 


LESSON  XLI. 


John 

liongr 

Yet 

Bull 

Tom 

Has 

Wall 

DoTvn 

Poor 

Who  is  this  ?  This  is  the  Old  Gent  who 
rules  half  the  World.  His  name  is  John  Bull, 
and  he  is  a  Fine  Old  Boy.  He  tore  down  his 
Wall  long  ago,  and  Things  did  Hum  with 
him  for  a  Time,  there  is  No  Doubt  of  that. 
He  took  the  Lead  of  all  the  Earth  in  Trade, 
and  he  Holds  it  Yet.  But  what  of  his  Poor? 
Why,  he  still  has  Poor  in  the  Slums,  and 
Things  grow  Worse  each  Year  with  them.  But 
he  has  Some  far  more  Rich,  too,  than  he  used 
to  have — some  who  have  Gold  they  can  not 
Count.  Why  is  this?  It  is  the  same  Old  Song 
— the  same  Sad  Truth.  A  Few  Men  own  John 
Bull's  Land,  and  the  Rest  have  to  Pay  them 
for  the  Boon  of  Life.  So  you  see  from  this 
that  to  Tear  down  the  Wall  is  not  All  that 
must  be  Done  to  put  an  End  to  the  Bad 
State  of  Things  we  speak  of. 

46 


LESSON  XLII. 


John 

And 

Sam 


Both 
Have 
Poor 


y 


In 

Same 

Boat 


See  the  Boat  and  the  Two  Men  in  it! 
They  are  in  the  Same  Boat,  are  they  not? 
Yes,  such  is  the  Case.  One  is  John  Bull,  and 
one  is  Sam.  They  speak  the  same  Tongue  and 
are  Good  Friends,  I  am  glad  to  Tell  you.  But 
they  Both  find  the  same  Sad  State  of  Things 
all  Kound  them,  though  John  has  an  Old  Small 
Land,  and  Sam  has  a  New  Wide  one.  They 
see  the  Kich  and  the  Poor  side  by  side.  Trade 
Dull,  Men  out  of  Work,  Some  that  Die  for 
lack  Qf  Food,  and  Some  that  go  on  Tramp, 
while  the  Bich  give  Balls,  and  Drink  Wine, 
and  Feast,  and  have  so  much  Gold  that  they 
know  nf)t  what  to  Do  with  it.  What  is  the 
Cause?  The  Same  in  each  Case.  A  few  Men 
own  the  Land,  and  take  Toll  of  all  the  Rest. 
Is  this  not  Plain?  It  is.  And  yet  these  two 
Wise  Men  do  not  seem  to  See  it. 


46 


LESSON  XLIII. 


Sam  John  Both 

Cute  Hard  Mere 

Chap  Head  Dupes 

See  the  Fat  Man  take  a  ride  on  a  Team! 
Yes.  Sam  may  be  a  Cute,  Sharp  Chap,  as  no 
doubt  he  is,  and  John  has  a  Hard  Head,  as  we 
all  know — but  it  is  Plain  that  both  are  Blind 
to  the  Fact  that  they  are  the  Dupes  of  the 
Law  by  which  Land  is  held  as  if  it  were  a 
Thing  men  might  **  Own."  The  Land  Lord 
rides  on  the  Backs  of  Both  thest^  smart  Men, 
and  they  will  not  be  Free  to  Stand  up  Straight, 
and  Breathe  with  Ease  till  they  have  Thrown 
him  Off.  If  just  ONE  Man  held  the  Land  of 
John  Bull,  and  but  One  held  that  of  Sam,  the 
Thing  would  be  Plain.  But  as  there  are  quite 
a  Few  who  take  the  Fund  which  ought  to  go 
to  the  State,  they  do  not  See  it.  And  they 
still  cry  out,  "How  Is  it  that  we  can  not 
Stand  up  Straight?"  The  One-Tax  plan  would 
make  the  Land  Lord  get  off  and  go  to  Work 
like  the  Rest  of  us. 


47 


LESSON  XLIV. 


Fat 

Owns 

State 

Man 

Things 

Should 

Rich 

Which 

Hold 

My  Child,  to  make  the  Point  Clear,  let  us 
just  take  all  the  Rich  men  of  the  Land  and 
roll  them  in  to  One  big  Fat  Man;  and  then 
Take  all  the  Poor  and  put  them  in  One  Gaunt, 
Thin  Wretch.  Here  we  have  the  Fact  as  it  is 
this  Day.  You  say,  if  Men  are  Good,  and  if  they 
have  Care  and  Thrift  and  do  not  Diink,  they 
may  Get  On.  Yes,  that  is  True.  But  Both 
these  Men  you  see  here  are  the  Same  on  those 
Points,  and  yet  One  has  more  Gold  than  he 
can  Use  or  Count,  and  One  is  in  Want  of  a 
Meal.  Did  the  Rich  Man  Earn  this  Gold? 
No;  it  came  from  Land  Rent,  or  from  the 
Fact  that  he  Owns  Things  which  Ought  to  be 
Held  by  the  State  for  the  Use  of  All,  or  that 
the  Law  gives  him  a  Chance  to  get  More  for 
his  Goods  than  he  could  get  if  there  was  Free 
Trade. 

48 


LESSON  XLV. 


Cows 

Near 

Barb 

Must 

• 

To 

Wire 

Stai-ve 

Grass 

Fcnc< 

Do  you  See  all  these  Cows?  Yes,  I  See 
the  Cows.  See  how  their  Eyes  Stick  Out. 
They  want  Grass  to  Eat,  and  there  is  a  great 
Field  of  Grass  close  by.  Why  do  not  the 
Cows  go  and  Eat  the  Grass  ?  Ah !  why  not  ? 
You  may  not  see  that  Barb- Wire  Fence,  but 
the  Cows  see  it,  and  feel  its  Barbs.  That  is 
Why  they  Starve  in  sight  of  Grass.  That 
Fence  is  just  like  the  Law  that  keeps  Men 
from  the  Land.  No  Man  would  Starve  if  he 
could  get  to  the  Land  to  Work.  But  the  Land 
is  not  Free.  It  is  Held,  and  you  must  Buy  it 
or  pay  Rent  for  it,  or  you  can  not  Have  the 
Use  of  it.  If  you  can  not  Pay  you  are  then 
in  the  same  Case  as  the  Cows  here,  and  must 
Starve,  if  some  Kind  Man  does  not  come  and 
Give  you  Food  as  an  Alms. 

49 


LAND 


^LiiL 


LESSON  XLVI. 


Rod 

Drink 

Man 

Strike 

For 

Owns 

Kock 

All 

Land 

You  Know  how  God  came  to  the  Help  of 
the  Tribes  He  led  out  of  the  Dark  Land.  At 
one  Place,  the  Good  Book  tells  us,  He  sent 
them  Food  which  fell  on  the  Ground,  and  each 
Man  was  Free  to  pick  up  a  Share.  If  some 
Man  had  Held  that  Land  on  a  Deed,  that 
Food  would  have  been  His,  and  All  would 
have  had  to  Pay  him  for  it.  And  you  have 
Read  how,  when  the  Tribe  was  in  need  of 
Drink,  God  told  the  Head  Man  to  Strike  the 
Rock  with  his  Rod,  and  when  he  did  so  a 
Stream  burst  forth  for  the  Use  of  All.  Just 
so  is  it  Now.  God  gives  us  the  Land,  and  if 
we  Strike  the  Land  with  the  Rod  of  Toil,  a 
Stream  of  Wealth  will  come  Forth.  This  God 
means  Each  One  of  us  to  Use  for  his  own 
Life.  But  if  the  Rock  in  that  Old  Time  had 
been  Held  by  some  Big  Man,  he  would  have 
made  them  Pay  him  for  the  Drinks. 


50 


LESSON  XLVII. 


Men 

Land 

No 

Want 

'     Needs 

More 

Work 

Plow 

AlU18 

The  good  Man  who  was  at  the  Head  of  a 
Town  in  the  West  saw  a  great  lot  of  Men 
who  had  no  Work  and  were  so  Poor  they  had 
to  Live  on  Alms.  At  the  same  time  he  saw  a 
Great  Deal  of  Land  near  by  that  was  not  in 
Use.  So  he  got  Leave  of  Those  who  Held  the 
Deeds  of  the  Land  to  let  some  of  the  Poor 
Use  it,  and  then  he  Gave  them  Spuds  and  set 
them  to  Work.  You  ask,  How  did  it  Turn 
out  ?  Why,  each  of  the  Men  who  got  the  Use 
of  a  Lot  got  so  much  of  a  Crop  for  his  Toil 
that  he  had  no  Need  to  ask  for  Aid  from  the 
Town.  Give  Toil  the  Use  of  Land  and  that  is 
all  you  need  Do.  But  did  not  the  Land  Lords 
help  \  Oh,  yes.  Much !  They  Got  Out  of  the 
Way.  The  One-Tax  Plan  would  make  Land 
Free  to  Toil. 


61 


LESSON  XLVIIL 


Work  Steam  Wild 

The  All  Men 

Thiiigr  Wrong  Wise 

What  have  we  Here  ?  Are  these  Wild 
Men?  They  Look  like  it,  do  they  not?  They 
were  once  Men  who  had  come  up  to  a  High 
State  of  Life,  up  to  the  Point  where  We  are 
now  in  this  good  Age  and  Land.  But  they 
found  that  Things  got  in  to  such  a  Fix  some 
how  that  there  was  not  Bread  for  All,  and 
Work  could  not  be  Found  for  those  who  were 
Out  of  Work.  Then  thev  saw  what  a  Bad 
Thing  Steam  was,  and  all  the  Means  that  were 
used  in  Mills,  and  so  forth,  to  save  Toil;  so 
they  went  to  Work  and  broke  up  all  the  Belts 
and  Wheels  so  that  all  Work  must  be  done 
by  Hand.  And  in  this  way,  by  Force  of  the 
Truth  they  now  Saw,  they  were  led  Back,  step 
by  step,  to  the  State  in  which  Man  was  in 
what  we  call  the  Dark  Age;  in  Short,  they 
were  once  more  Wild  Men  of  the  Woods. 


52 


LESSON  XLIX. 


Wealth  What  Steam 

Not  Men  Good 

Work  Want  Thing 

But  is  it  not  a  bad  Thing  to  Rob  Men  of 
Work,  as  is  now  Done  in  Mills  wliere  Goods 
are  not  Made  by  Hand  but  by  Steam,  and 
where  a  Loom  with  two  Men  can  do  the  Work 
it  took  a  Score  of  Men  to  do  some  Time  ago? 
If  Work  is  the  Thing  Man  wants,  then  this  is 
Bad.  But  Man  does  not  want  Work  for  its 
own  Sake.  He  will  do  Work,  and  do  it  with 
a  Will,  but  it  is  for  the  Sake  of  That  it  gets 
for  him.  It  is  a  Means  to  an  End,  and  that 
End  is  Wealth,  or  the  Things  which  meet  his 
Needs.  If  he  could  get  these  Things  Free  he 
would  not  ask  for  Work.  And  if  by  Steam 
such  Things  can  be  made  with  Ease,  and  more 
of  them  for  the  same  Toil,  it  ought  to  be  a 
Good  Thing  for  all  Men.  Why,  then,  does  it 
not  Bless  and  Aid  all?  The  Cause  is  that 
Some  by  Law  get  More  than  a  Fair  Share, 
and  so  Some  must  get  Less. 

68 


j|l,IIII.M,.ll.]    ■iJlll.l.'IIITnTTT 


LESSON  L. 


Lots 

Yet 

For 

Of 

Too 

The 

Boom 

Small 

Crowd 

What  is  This  ?  It  is  a  Map.  It  is  a  Land 
they  call  the  States.  A  few  Yeai's  back  it 
Held  no  folks  too  Poor  and  none  too  Rich. 
All  were  Well  to  do.  This  was  in  the  Day 
when  the  West  was  New,  and  men  Fled  to  it 
from  the  Old  World.  The  Land  was  Big  and 
Wide  and  Fit  to  Hold  all  Men  on  Earth  if 
they  Came,  and  give  them  Food,  Clothes  and 
Homes.  Now,  though  the  Land  is  just  as  Big 
as  it  was  then,  this  is  not  the  Case.  Though 
it  is  far  from  Full,  yet  it  has  too  much  of  a 
Crowd,  and  one  Class  is  in  the  Slums,  while  a 
few  are  so  Rich  that  Kings  might  well  Stare 
at  them.  How  is  this  ?  Has  the  Land  Shrunk  ? 
Yes,  you  might  Put  it  that  Way.  There  is  no 
Free  Land  to  be  had  where  a  Man  could  Live. 
The  Land  Lord  now  Owns  it  All.  That  is  the 
Whole  Tale  in  One  Word. 


54 


LESSON  LJ. 


Same  Through  Land 

Old  The  Lord 

Songr  World  Cause 

.  It  is  the  Same  in  all  the  Lands  on  Earth 
as  in  the  Map  we  have  seen.  Some  Few  Own 
ihri  Land,  and  the  Crowd  is  Shut  Out.  But 
would  it  Cure  this  to  pay  Land  Rent  to  the 
State  in  a  Tax?  Is  this  not  the  Same  Thing  as 
to  pay  it  to  a  Land  Lord  ?  Is  it  not  the  Same 
Sum,  that  is,  the  Worth  of  the  Bare  Land  each 
year?  Yes,  my  Child,  it  is  the  Same  Sum,  but 
by  No  Means  the  Same  Thing.  For,  see,  Look 
at  the  Cut  on  this  Page.  That  Shows  you 
Where  the  Odds  come  in.  When  you  have 
paid  Land  Rent  to  a  Land  Lord,  you  still 
have  Rates  to  pay  to  keep  up  the  State.  The 
Land  Lord  has  no  Power  to  set  you  Free  of 
These.  But  if  you  pay  Land  Rent  to  the 
State,  that  is  your  One  Tax.  You  pay  No 
More,  and  you  have  a  Right  to  Keep  all  you 
Earn,  as  there  would  Now  be  no  Tax  on  Toil. 


65 


LESSON  LII. 


If 

All 
Men 


/ 


The 
Earth 


Hand 

Shares 

Round 


You  see  this  Man  and  what  he  is  At? 
Yes.  He  has  a  Knife  and  it  is  his  Aim  to  Cut 
up  the  Earth  so  as  to  give  Each  Man  his  Share. 
He  is  a  Crank,  is  he  not?  That  is  Just  what 
he  Is.  And  yet  you  Tell  me  all  the  While  that 
all  Men  have  a  Right  to  the  Land.  If  so,  is  it 
not  a  Wise  thing  to  Cut  it  up  and  Share  it 
Round?  My  Child,  the  Thing  could  not  be 
Done,  and  if  it  were  Done  it  would  not  Stay 
Done  for  more  than  a  Week.  If  the  Man  cut 
up  the  Earth  in  to  Squares,  and  gave  each  Man 
in  the  World  a  Square,  it  would  not  then  be 
Right,  for  all  the  Squares  would  not  be  of  the 
Same  Worth,  and  so  all  Men  would  not  be  on 
the  Same  Plane.  And  yet  I  do  tell  you  Once 
More  that,  though  the  World  can  not  be  Cut 
up  in  to  Just,  E-qual  Squares,  yet  all  Men  have 
the  same  Right  to  Own  the  Earth. 

56 


LESSON  LIII. 


Men 
Own 
Horse 


Share 
Beast 
Round 


But 

Don»t 

Say 

Here  is  a  Horse,  and  the  Three  Men  you 
see  own  him,  each  One  Third.  Now,  they  do 
not  Cut  up  the  Horse  so  Each  may  get  his 
Share,  do  they?  No,  nor  do  they  Wish  to  do 
so.  They  let  the  Fourth  man  Use  the  Horse 
and  he  Pays  Hire  for  such  Use.  The  Sum  of 
the  Hire  goes  in  to  the  Till  each  Year,  and  it 
is  not  Hard  to  See  how  they  can  make  Three 
Shares  of  it.  So  you  see  in  this  Way  they  All 
cjet  their  Rights,  and  it  is  just  the  same  as  if 
they  Cut  up  the  Horse.  So  with  the  Land.  If 
those  who  Hold  and  Use  Land  pay  the  Rent 
or  Hire  of  it  to  the  Till  of  the  State,  and  this 
Fund  is  used  for  the  Good  of  All,  is  not  that 
the  Same  Thing  as  if  all  Men  had  a  Share  of 
the  Land?  Sure!  This  is  what  would  be 
Done  by  the  One-Tax  plan.  It  is  Plain  as  the 
Nose  on  your  Face. 

67 


Ail. 


LESSON  LIV. 


One 

Plain 

Work 

Tax 

Slick 

Like 

Plan 

Just 

Charm 

But  you  Ask  me,  my  Child,  if  it  would 
not  be  a  Hard  thing  to  put  this  One-Tax  plan 
at  Work.  No;  it  would  not  be  Hard.  We 
would  just  have  to  Wipe  out  each  Tax  we  now 
have,  and  in  its  Place  put  the  One  Tax  on 
Ground  Kent — the  Sum  each  Year  that  each 
Piece  of  Land,  as  Bare  Land,  is  Worth.  There 
would  be  far  less  Toil  to  do  this  than  to  do 
what  we  now  (try  to)  do.  There  would  be  no 
Need  to  Pry  and  Sneak  as  by  the  Plan  now 
in  Vogue,  nor  would  there  be  so  much  need  of 
Lies  as  now.  We  just  put  the  Till  of  the  State 
be-low  the  Land  Lord's  Hat,  which  Holds  the 
Ground  Rent,  and  then  we  make  a  Rent  of  a 
New  Kind  in  the  Crown  of  the  Hat,  and  There 
You  Are.  The  Fund  now  goes  not  to  Him, 
but  to  Those  who  Made  it;  to  wit,  the  Folks 
who  make  up  the  State.  It  would  work  like 
a  Charm,  my  Child. 


LESSON  LV. 


Land 
Rent 
Comes 


Free 
And 
Full 


Tax 

Nought 
Else 


But  if  there  is  but  One  Tax  on  Land  Kent, 
will  not  Those  who  Use  no  Land  go  Free  of 
Tax?  And  do  you  Think  it  is  a  Fair  Shake 
to  let  Some  who  may  be  Rich  go  Free,  while 
you  Tax  their  Mates,  who  may  not  be  so  Well 
Off?  Well,  my  Dear,  I  do  not  see  how  any 
Man  can  g«t  on  if  he  does  not  Use  some  Land 
in  some  way.  The  Man  in  the  Cut  says  he  will 
not  Pay — but  you  see  he  can  Fly.  I  hold  that 
we  do  no  Wrong  when  we  put  the  Tax  on  one 
Thing,  and  say  all  who  use  this  Thing  shall 
pay.  If  some  do  not  have  to  Pay,  it  must  be 
that  they  do  not  Use  the  Thing,  and  Those  who 
do  Use  it  do  so  for  this  Cause,  that  it  Pays 
them  to  Use  it.  They  make  no  Wry  Face  now 
when  they  have  to  pay  a  Land  Lord  for  the 
Use  of  Land ;  why  should  they  Howl  when  they 
are  Told  to  pay  the  same  Sum  to  the  State  ? 


LESSON  LVI. 


Why 

Tax 

Toil 


When 

Land 

Rent 


Pays 

All 

Costs 


And  now  I  ask  you  one  Thing,  my  Child. 
If  by  the  Tax  on  Land  Rent  we  just  take  the 
Fund  which  is  made  by  All,  and  if  we  Find 
that  Fund  to  be  Quite  as  Large  as  the  State 
needs  for  All  its  Ends,  why  should  you  Want  to 
have  a  Tax  puf^  on  any  thing  Else?  Why  do 
you  want  to  Rob  a  Rich  Man  of  what  he 
Earns  in  a  Fair  way  more  than  if  he  were  a 
Poor  Man?  Is  a  Tax  jmt  on  for  Spite?  Now, 
if  an  An-gel  from  the  Sky  came  down  each 
Year  and  gave  our  State  a  Till  full  of  Gold, 
Free  of  Charge,  would  you  not  Say  the  State 
should  then  set  us  all  Free  of  all  the  Tax  we 
have  now  to  Bear  ?  Of  course !  Well,  my 
Child,  the  Fund  we  call  Land  Rent  comes  to 
us  as  Free  as  if  it  were  sent  from  the  Sky 
each  year.  No  Man  has  to  Work  to  Make  it. 
It  comes  from  the  mere  Fact  of  the  Crowd. 


«o 


LESSON  LVII. 


Fat 

Rich 

3Ieii 


Get 

Their 

Wealth 


Through 

Bad 

Laws 


See  the  Fat  Men  in  the  Cut.  They  Toil 
not  nor  do  they  Spin.  And  yet  they  are  Rich. 
Rich  is  no  Name  for  it.  What  are  they  at 
here?  They  are  at  Work.  This  is  all  the 
Work  they  do — just  Hold  out  their  Hats  for 
Gold.  See  the  Pipes  that  pour  out  the  Gold. 
The  Fat  Men  own  the  Pipes,  and  the  Pipes 
Tap  the  Wealth  that  is  made  by  the  Toil  of 
the  Mass  of  Men.  One  Branch  of  the  One-Tax 
plan  is  to  Tax  Land  Rent  and  Nought  Elst», 
and  the  next  Branch  is  to  have  the  State  take 
Charge  of  these  Pipes  which  should  be  held  by 
the  State  for  all.  If  that  were  done  We  should 
have  no  Men  in  this  World  quite  so  Fat  as  we 
now  See.  Each  Man  would  have  to  get  Fat  on 
his  own  Work,  and  All  would  have  more  Joy 
in  Life. 


01 


LESSON  LVIIL 


Kick  Laws  Stop 

And  Made  Their 

Howl  Right  Game 

See  how  the  Rich  Men  Kick  and  Howl 
now.  Why  do  they  Kick?  Do  you  not  see 
that  a  Stop  has  been  put  to  the  Flow  of  Gold 
in  to  their  Hats  ?  How  has  this  been  Done  ?  By 
the  new  Plan  we  call  the  One-Tax.  The  Land 
Kent  which  they  have  Kept  up  to  this  Time? 
now  has  to  be  Paid  in  to  the  Till  of  the  State 
as  a  Tax.  And  as  for  Pipe  Two,  as  shown  in 
last  Cut,  that  is  now  Held  ')y  the  State,  as  it 
Taps  Lines  of  Trade  in  which  there  is  not  a 
Free  Field  for  All.  It  is  Right  that  such  Lines 
of  Trade  should  be  in  the  Hands  of  the  State, 
and  that  is  a  part  of  the  One-Tax  plan,  as  I 
have  told  you.  What  will  the  Rich  Men  do 
Now?  Well,  if  they  want  More  Wealth,  they 
will  have  to  Work  for  it.  But  in  days  to 
Come,  with  the  One-Tax  plan  in  Vogue,  We 
will  have  no  more  Men  who  get  Rich  in  the 
Way  they  got  their  Gold. 


LESSON  LIX. 


Would  Coal  Muke 

Soon  King's  Fuel 

Stop  Scheme  Cheap 

Do  you  See  these  two  Men  ?  One  is  Poor 
and  out  of  Work,  though  when  he  does  Work 
he  gets  but  a  few  Cents  per  day.  He  digs  Coal 
in  a  Mine,  The  Fat  Man  and  a  few  of  his 
Chums  own  the  Mine.  And  Month  by  Month 
they  meet  and  lay  down  the  Law  as  to  How 
Much  Coal  shall  be  Dug,  and  what  the  Price 
shall  be.  Thus  are  they  like  Kings  in  a  Land 
which  we  call  Free.  How  will  the  One-Tax 
plan  set  this  Eight?  Well,  you  see,  the  Coal 
Land  they  hold  now  bears  but  a  Light  Tax  as 
Wild  Land.  By  the  One-Tax  plan  it  will  have 
to  bear  a  Tax  at  its  full  Worth  as  Coal  Land, 
and  can  not  be  Held  out  of  Use  as  it  now  is. 
These  Coal  Kings  must  then  Keep  their  Mines 
at  Work  All  the  Time,  so  as  to  make  them 
Pay  More  than  the  Tax,  or  let  them  go,  and  so 
Set  the  Land  Free  that  those  who  Wish  may 
Dig  Coal. 

63 


LESSON  LX. 


Not 

Take 

liiind 


But 

Just 

Kent 


That 
All 


Here  is  a  Sign  Post  such  as  you  See  now 
when  you  take  a  Walk  in  the  Town.  What 
does  it  Mean  ?  It  Means  that  some  Man  Holds 
the  Land,  not  for  Use,  but  to  make  Gain  in 
Case  some  one  Else  wants  to  Use  it.  He  will 
get  this  Gain  in  the  form  of  Rent  or  Price, 
while  the  Man  who  Takes  it  Works — thus  he 
Lives  on  the  Sweat  of  that  Man's  Brow.  Does 
tne  One-Tax  plan  Mean  to  take  this  Lot  from 
the  Man  who  now  Holds  it?  Not  at  all.  The 
Lot  will  have  to  Pay  a  tax — just  the  Sum  the, 
Man  would  now  Kent  it  to  this  Chap  for.  If 
he  pays  that  Tax  he  can  still  Hold  it  and  keep  . 
it  Bare.  If  he  does  not  Need  it  for  Use,  he 
will  Drop  it,  and  let  the  Man  who  does  Need  it 
take  it  and  pay  the  Tax.  You  see  it  is  Land 
Rent  and  not  Land  the  State  will  take  from 
those  who  now  Hold  it. 


64 


LESSON    l.XI. 


Plain 

Does 

Wastes 

Good 

Not 

His 

Man 

Know 

Tears 

Who  is  this  Man,  and  why  does  he  Weep? 
He  is  a  Plain,  Good  Man,  who  Works  at  a 
Trade,  and  has  by  Years  of  Toil  got  a  Nice 
wee  Home  all  paid  for.  And  he  sheds  Tears 
now  at  the  Thought  of  the  One-Tax  plan 
which  will  Rob  him  of  the  Land  he  Owns,  and 
do  him  much  Harm.  Poor  Chap !  He  Means 
well,  but  he  does  not  Know.  He  will  by  no 
means  be  Hurt,  as  he  Thinks.  In  the  First 
place,  his  Bit  of  Land  will  have  to  pay  a  Tax 
as  bare  Land,  and  as  it  is  not  Large,  nor  in  a 
Fine  part  of  the  Town,  that  Tax  will  not  be 
a  Great  one.  But  that  One  Tax  will  be  All. 
His  House  will  be  Free,  and  all  the  Goods  he 
has;  and  he  may  Build  and  Paint  and  Mend 
things  all  he  Likes,  and  there  will  be  no  more 
Tax,  nor  will  there  be  any  Tax  on  what  he 
Wears,  or  Eats,  or  Earns. 


05 


LESSON  LXll. 


Stop  Lay  Make 

Drink  Down  Things 

Curse  Arms  Worse 

Here  is  a  Man  with  a  Gun;  he  is  in  the 
Troop.  And  next  to  him  is  a  Man  who 
Drinks ;  and  next  is  a  Jail  Bird,  and  next  is  a 
Sick  Man.  Each  of  These  is  just  one  of  a 
great  Crowd  of  his  Class.  It  is  the  Aim  of 
Good  Men  to  have  Peace  on  Earth,  so  that  no 
Men  need  to  Fight;  and  to  stop  Gin  Mills  and 
all  their  Ills^  and  to  make  all  men  Good  so 
there  need  be  no  Jails,  and  to  Heal  all  the  Sick 
on  Earth.  This  is  a  good  Work,  is  it  not? 
But  if  so  much  of  the  Earth  has  a  Barb  Wire 
Fence  round  it,  and  is  Held  by  those  who  Own 
it ;  and  if  the  World  is  now  so  Small  that  there 
is  not  Work  for  All  who  now  ask  for  Work, 
would  it  not  make  things  a  deal  Worse  if  Good 
Men  could  Reach  the  Aim  they  are  at,  Break 
up  the  Jails,  Heal  the  Sick,  Stop  the  Drink, 
and  so  on?  Would  it  not  Add  new  Crowds 
to  the  Out  of  Works  ? 


66 


LESSON  LXIII.     ' 


Land  Still  Can't 

Lord  On  Down 

Stays  Top  Him 

What  does  this  Cut  Mean  ?  It  Means  that 
the  Land  Lord  is  on  Top  all  the  While,  and 
it  is  True.  He  is  just  like  a  Cork  that  Floats 
on  a  Stream.  If  the  Tide  comes  in  and  the  ^ 
Stream  gets  High,  Up  goes  the  Cork.  It  is 
still  on  Top,  and  you  can  not  Down  it.  Just 
so,  if  we  had  Free  Trade  in  this  Land  or  if 
we  shut  out  the  Drink  that  does  so  much 
Harm,  and  if  Thus  we  made  the  Land  bloom 
with  new  Life,  what  would  it  Do?  It  would 
bring  more  Folks,  and  the  Town  would  Grow. 
We  would  have  more  Works,  and  more  Hands, 
and  80  Goods  would  go  Down  in  Price,  V)ut 
the  New  Crowds  would  need  Land  to  Stand 
on,  and  have  Homes  on,  and  as  we  can  not 
Make  more  Land  than  there  now  is,  Up,  Up, 
Up  would  go  its  Worth — the  Rent  for  the 
Purse  of  the  Land  Lord. 


LESSON  LXIV. 


Fine 

Free 

Land 

Bright 

Street 

Rents 

Town 

Cars 

Rise 

It  would  be  a  Fine,  Bright  Town  that 
would  have  Free  Street  Cars,  would  it  not? 
No  Town  yet  has  such  a  Snap  as  that.  But  if 
^it  had,  and  Fine  Parks  as  well,  and  all  Things 
that  Heart  could  Wish  for,  who  would  Gain 
Most  by  it  ?  The  Men  who  own  the  Land,  to 
be  sure.  It  would  be  Worth  more  to  Live  in 
such  a  Place,  would  it  not  ?  And  Folks  would 
Flock  in,  would  they  not  ?  Yes ;  and  when 
they  Got  there,  the  Chaps  who  Own  the  Land 
of  the  Town  would  just  put  up  the  Rent  of 
the  Land  so  as  to  make  the  Cost  of  Life  in 
that  Town  as  High  as  in  Towns  where  they 
have  to  Pay  to  Ride  in  Street  Cars,  and  have 
Few  or  None  of  the  Good  things  I  speak  of. 
The  Land  Lord  owns  the  Toll  Gate,  my  Child, 
as  you  see,  and  he  does  not  Fail  to  get  his 
Toll,  Rain  or  Shine. 

68 


LESSON  LXV. 


Squid 

Eats 

Men 


One 
Tax 
Plan 


Spear 

That 

Kills 


Have  no  Fear,  my  Child:  it  can  not  Get 
Out  to  Eat  you.  It  is  a  Thing  of  Vile  Shape, 
is  it  not?  What  is  it?  It  is  what  they  call 
a  Squid.  It  lives  in  the  Sea,  and  Eats  Men  if 
it  gets  hold  of  them.  It  lives  on  Land,  too. 
And  here  you  see  Men  caught  in  its  great 
Arms.  There  are  Words  on  the  Arms  to  tell 
)ou  vrhat  they  Mean.  Men  may  Kill  Squids 
in  the  Sea  with  Spears,  but  on  Land  the  thing 
to  Kill  them  is  the  One-Tax  plan,  which  will 
Cut  off  the  Land  Arm  by  a  Tax  on  Kent  and 
will  Cut  off  the  liest  by  a  Law  which  will 
give  All  these  Lines  of  Trade  in  to  the  Hands 
of  the  State,  to  be  Used  and  Held  for  All. 
When  that  is  Done  the  Squid  will  do  no 
more  Harm;  and  there  need  be  no  more  Vile 
Slums,  but  all  may  have  a  Chance  to  Live  a 
Clean  Life  in  this  World. 


69 


LESSON  LXVI. 


With 

Greed 

Gold 

Bad 

Won't 

Rule 

Laws 

Let 

Work 

"Do  to  Men  as  you  would  have  them  Do 
to  You."  This  is  what  we  call  the  Rule  of 
Gold.  It  is  Grand  and  Good,  is  it  not?  Men 
would  like  to  Act  on  it,  too,  but  they  Do  not. 
Why  ?  They  Dare  not.  They  say  it  is  a  Fine 
Rule  but  it  will  not  Work  in  our  Day,  for  Biz 
is  Biz.  You  see,  the  Cause  is  this :  Each  Man 
now  Feels  that  his  Feet  are  not  in  a  Sure 
Place.  He  has  Want,  or  the  Fear  of  Want  in 
front  of  Him  or,  so  to  speak,  He  has  all  he  can 
do  to  Keep  the  Wolf  from  his  Door.  He  says, 
"  I  must  be  Just  to  ray  Own,  and  so  I  can  not 
be  Kind  to  All.  Who  knows  but  I  may  Lose 
what  I  have  ?  If  so,  I  will  need  Work  to 
Earn  more,  and  who  Knows  that  I  can  get 
Work  ?  No  :  I  must  show  Greed  like  the  Rest 
of  Men  and  get  all  I  can  by  Fair  means  or 
Foul."  The  Rule  of  Gold  is  Good,  but  it  will 
not  Work  in  this  state  of  Things. 

70 


LESSON  LXVII. 


Take 

Make 

Then 

First 

Land 

Go 

Step 

Free 

On 

Oh,  see  the  Great  Head,  and  what  a  Lot  of 
Limbs !  What  does  this  Mean  ?  This  is  the 
State  as  Some  Good  Men  think  it  Ought  to  Be. 
They  would  fix  Things  so  that  the  Few  could 
not  Hold  Land  for  Spec.  In  This  they  are  at 
One  with  Us.  But  they  Go  On  to  Say  that 
the  Tools  of  Trade,  all  the  Mills,  and  Works, 
and  Shops,  must  be  Held  by  the  State  as  Well 
as  the  Land,  or  Things  will  not  be  quite  Right. 
As  it  is  now,  they  Point  out,  there  is  a  vast 
Waste  of  Toil  and  Wealth,  while  those  who  do 
most  Work  are  the  Ones  who  Starve.  This 
may  be  True,  my  Child,  but  let  us  Take 
the  First  step  First.  When  we  have  Made  the 
Land  Free,  and  have  put  the  Rail  Roads  and 
such  Things  in  to  the  Hands  of  the  State,  we 
will  have  Time  to  Talk  of  this  Next  Step. 

71 


LESSON  LXVIII. 


How  Plan  Made 

One  Would  Quite 

Tax  Work  Plain 

Now,  my  Child,  we  come  near  to  the  End 
of  the  Book.  I  hope  you  see  through  the  Plan 
of  the  One  Tax  and  How  it  would  Work.  Yes, 
I  Think  I  Do.  The  State  would  take  All  the 
Land  and  Rent  it  Out.  Is  not  that  it?  No; 
You  are  quite  Wrong.  The  State  would  Leave 
the  Land  with  Those  who  now  Own  it.  It 
would  just  tax  the  Land  at  its  Right  Worth, 
and  Each  Man  who  Held  it  would  get  a  Tax 
Bill  for  that  Sum  each  year,  to  wit,  the  Sum 
of  the  Rent  of  the  Bare  Land,  and  there 
would  be  but  this  One  Tax  to  pay.  From  the 
Whole  of  the  Funds  thus  Got,  a  Paii;  would 
go  to  Meet  the  Needs  of  the  State.  There 
would  still  be  a  Good  Sum  Left,  and  this 
would  go  Back  to  the  Folks  at  Large  in  the 
form  of  Good  Roads,  Lights,  Parks,  and  so  on. 
Get  this  Clear  in  your  Ht^ad,  my  Child. 

72 


LESSON    LXIX. 


Hard  Who  Just 

On  Holds  For 

Chap  Land  Spec. 

Now  I  see  what  you  Mean.  But,  Pray 
tell  me,  would  it  not  be  Hard  on  the  Man 
who  bought  Land  and  Paid  for  it,  to  put  tlie 
One-Tax  Plan  at  Work  and  Knock  out  the 
Spec,  there  is  now  in  Land?  He  paid  for  it 
in  Good  Cash,  but  if  he  can  not  Sell  it  or 
Kent  it  for  More  than  he  Gave,  will  he  not 
Lose  the  Gain  he  meant  to  Make?  He  will, 
my  Chikl ;  but  God  made  Land  for  Use,  and 
the  Man  who  Lives  on  Land  Rent  is  of  no  more 
Use  than  the  Worm  that  eats  our  Vines.  The 
State  has  a  Right  to  Tax  what  it  Likes,  and 
so  it  can  Tax  Land  Rent.  We  may  Weep  for 
the  Poor  Chaps  who  thus  get  Hurt,  but  what 
of  Those  who  are  Hurt  in  the  same  way  by 
the  Tax  we  now  put  on  Things  in  which  they 
Deal?  There  is  the  Man  who  has  Built  a 
House  for  Gain.  Do  we  not  Hurt  him  the 
same  way  when  we  Tax  a  House? 

78 


LESSON  LXX. 


See  Now  And 

The  Go  Spread 

Cat  ?         Forth  Light 

Now,  to  }>ring  the  Book  to  a  Close,  I  ask 
you,  my  Child,  Do  you  see  the  Cat  ?  By  this 
I  Mean  do  you  see  Through  the  One-Tax  Plan, 
and  grasp  the  Thought  that  it  would  in  Truth 
make  men  Free  ?  That  Thought  is  like  the 
Trick  which  you  have  seen  in  a  Print  on  a 
Card,  as  in  this  Cut,  It  is  a  lot  of  Trees,  and 
you  are  tud  to  Find  the  C*.  At  First  you 
can  see  no  Shape  of  a  G  1,  but  at  last  you 
Find  it  and  it  is  then  so  Plain  you  see  it  with 
Ease.  So  when  you  once  see  the  One-Tax  Plan 
it  will  Grow  on  you  in  the  same  Way.  The 
Cat  is  in  the  Grove  at  the  Top  of  this  Page. 
And  in  the  square  space  you  read  these  Words, 
"  A  tax  on  Land  Rent  will  make  us  Free." 
I  have  Shown  you  how  it  will  Do  this,  my 
Child,  and  now  I  bid  you  Good- By.  Go  Thou 
and  Spread  the  Light. 

FINIS. 


74 


RESTITUTION. 


Enough !   the  lie  is  euded ;  God  only  owns  the  laud ; 
Ko  parchment  deed  hath  virtue  unsigned  by  His  own  hand; 
Out  on  the  bold  blasphemers  who  would  eject  the  Lord, 
And  pauperize  his  children,  and  trample  on  His  ^^  ord ! 

Behold  this  glorious  temple,  with  dome  of  starry  sky. 
And  floor  of  greensward  scented,  and  trees  for  pillars  high. 
And  song  of  birds  for  music,  and  bleat  of  lambs  for  prayer, 
And  incense  of  sweet  vapors  uprisiug  everywhere! 

Behold  His  table  bounteous,  sprea'^!  over  land  and  sea. 
The  sure  reward  of  labor,  to  every  mortal  free  ; 
And  hark!  through  Nature's  anthem  there  rises  the  refrain: 
"God  owns  the  Earth,  but  giveth  it  unto  the  Sous  of  men." 

But  see,  within  the  temple,  as  in  Solomon's  of  old, 
The  money-changers  haggle,  and  souls  are  bought  and  sold; 
And  that  is  called  an  owner^s  which  can  only  be  the  Lord's, 
And  Christ  is  not  remembered,  nor  His  whip  of  knotted  cords. 

But  Christ  has  not  forgotten,  and  wolfish  human  greed 

Shall  be  driven  from  our  heritage ;  God's  bounties  shall  be  freed ; 

And  from  out  our  hoary  statutes  shall  be  torn  the  crime-stained 

leaves 
"Which  have  turned  the  world,  God's  temple,  into  a  den  of  thieves ! 

J.  W.  Bengouqh. 


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